Firearm-cleaning-rod tip.



H. R. KIESSIG.

FIREARM CLEANING R05 TIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2711MB.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

UNITED STATEtd HARRY R. KIESSIG, OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

FIREARM-GLEANING-ROD TIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 191 *7.

Application filed Mar-ch 27, 1916. Serial No. 86,892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY RICHARD KInssIc, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and useful Firearm-Cleaning-Ro'd Tip, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my improvment are, first, to provide a tip having teeth arranged to hold in the most effective manner such cleaning material as, steel wool, bits of rag, cotton waste .and the like while the same is being used to clean the bore of a fire arm; second, to afford facilities for the removal of the cleaning material; third to afford protection from undue wear of the teeth of the tip. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an end view of the device; Fig. 2, a section on the line arb, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a side view giving a comprehensive idea of the tip. I

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The improvement comprises, a round rod having sundry annular grooves as 3 and 7, sundry annular ridge sections having spiral teeth as 2 and 6 adjoining the grooves, the spiral teeth as 1 of adjacent sections having opposite pitches, a toothless head 4 at one end of the tip, a toothless shank 5 the grooves and ridges being between the head and shank as shown. The tip may be made integral with a cleaning rod, in which case the shank 5 would be of a length sufficient to permit the tip being passed through the bore of the firearm or the tip may be made detachable, in which case the shank 5 would have a threaded portion for the purpose. The head and shank are of approximately the same diameter so that, should a portion of the tip be exposed when in use, the teeth which are of about the same diameter as the head and shank would be prevented from being worn away through contact with the walls of the bore. The teeth are not intended to clean the bore directly but to hold the cleaning material. The teeth are approximately V-shaped in profile, see 1 Fig. 2, so that they may easily engage the cleaning material without slipping laterally, yet permit its easy removal. The opposite pitching of the teeth prevents slipping of the cleaning material longitudinally Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the and presses the same against the walls of the bore, thus securing the maximum of desired effect. The toothed ridges may be re ferred to as milled or knurled.

I am aware that there are numerous tips on the market but none of these is suited for the use of steel wool, which latter has been found very effective for cleaning the bore of fire-arms. .My improvement is especially adapted for the use of steel Wool and is, also, superior for the use of bits of cloth and cotton waste.

I claim:

1. In a fire-arm cleaning rod tip, a round rod having sundry annular grooves, sundry annular ridges between the grooves, the sides of the ridges being the walls of the grooves, each of the ridges having spiral teeth, the teeth of'each ridge having opposite pitch to that of the teeth of the adjacent ridge, a toothless head section at one end of the rod, a toothless shank section, the above named grooves and ridges alternating and being located between the head and shank sections, the head, the ridges, and the shank having approximately the same diameter, said diameter being larger than the diameter of the bottom of the grooves, the teeth of the ridges having an approximately V shaped profile, all substantially as set forth.

2. In a fire-arm cleaning rod tip, a round rod having sundry annular grooves near one end, sundry annular ridges being formed between the grooves, each of said ridges having teeth of helical pitch, the pitch of the teeth of each ridge being opposite to the pitch of the teeth of the adjacent ridge, a toothless head at one end of the rod, a toothless shank, the grooves and ridges being between the head and shank, the head, the ridges, and the shank having about the same diameter, the whole of the above forming the tip substantially as described.

3. In a fire-arm cleaning rod tip, comprising a rod, sundry annular toothed sections upon the rod, said teeth having a spiral pitch, the pitch of the teeth of each section being opposite to that of the teeth of the next section, the toothed sections being near one end of the rod and a shank section for the purpose specified.

H. R. KIESSIG. WVitnesses:

J. J. MORRIN, W. J. Ammos.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

